TeachersFirst's Middle School Brain Twisters

Week of April 25, 2024

1.Which one do the Joint Chiefs of Staff work for?

• The U.S. Department of Agriculture
• The FBI
• The U.S. Department of Defense
• The U.S. Department of the Interior
• The U.S. Supreme Court

2.The continental divide separates...

• the U.S..from Canada
• the Pacific watershed from the Atlantic watershed
• the Rocky Mountains from the Appalachian Mountains
• the U.S. from Mexico
• the great plains from the mountains

3.Choose the best pair to finish this analogy: "Garnish is to entree as..."

• eat is to dinner
• lace is to blouse
• clock is to time
• carpenter is to router
• order is to menu

4.Which provides the best aerobic exercise?

• Ping pong
• Sprinting
• Wii
• Swimming
• Golf

5.What is the name of a witty poem 5-line poem with a syllable pattern of 8-8-5-5-8 and a rhyme scheme of AABBA?

• Couplet
• Stanza
• Haiku
• Limerick
• Sonnet

6.Which pair does not match?

• cape - South Africa
• archipelago - Hawaii
• isthmus - Panama
• lagoon - Nebraska
• panhandle - Florida

7.Two human parents have the following genes: Mom: BB; Dad: Bb What are the chances of their babies having blue eyes, assuming B(brown) is dominant and b(blue) is recessive?

• Two in four
• None
• 100%
• Three in four
• One in four

8.This painter is famous for colorful boxes and black lines,

• Renoir
• VanGogh
• Picasso
• Mondrian
• Schultz

9.If a lemonade recipe calls for 1/4 cup of lemon juice per quart of water, how much lemon juice will you need to make a batch that uses three gallons of water?

• 2.5 cups
• 4 cups
• 3.5 cups
• 1 quart
• 1.5 pints

10.What U.S. state boasts the following rivers: the Guadalupe, Trinity, Rio Grande, Brazos, and Colorado?

• The Centennial State
• The Sooner State
• The Treasure State
• The Lone Star State
• The Golden State

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